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Dispraise

//dɪˈspɹeɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Blame; reproach; disapproval; criticism. countable, uncountable

    "Their censure did not much affect him; for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraises of others."

  2. 2
    the act of speaking contemptuously of wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.

    "They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.

Etymology 2

From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.

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